Mapping of additive and epistatic QTLs linked to seed longevity in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Abstract Plant genetic resources are stored and regenerated in > 1750 gene banks storing 7,000,000 accessions. Since seeds the primary storage units, research on seed longevity is of particular importance. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis 15 traits related to dormancy using 7584 high-quality SNPs recorded across 2 years originated from five production revealed a total 46 additive QTLs. Exploration QTLs with epistatic effect resulted detection 29 pairs To our information, this only second report for bread wheat. We conclude that addition dense maps, interaction between should be considered capture more variation which remained unnoticed mapping.